In rec.backcountry VtSkier <VtSkier@nospam.net> wrote:
> pmh wrote:
> >> valuable stuff.

> Yeahbut, the peashooter doesn't have the
> intimidation value of a 12 Ga. You might
> not even have to use the 12 Ga. That's
> part of the point.
 
   A guy I know actually confronted some thieves with a shotgun.  They 
were outside trying to break into his truck.  He heard them, leapt out 
of bed, stepped out onto his balcony buck naked with a 12 ga, and pumped 
a round into the chamber.
   There's something about that sound - the crooks took off running like 
jackrabbits.
   My acquaintance threw on a bathrobe, went out to check over his 
truck, and "confiscated" the thieves' tool box.


Bill